Rail-joint lock



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5. S. BARNHILL RAIL JOINT LOCK Filed Oct. 1924 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented July 14, 1925.

I UNITEDQVSTA'TES {PATE OFFICE. I

B IL-JOINT LOCK,

Application filed October 10, 1924. Serial- No. 742,874.

To all whom it mag concern:

Be it known that I, SHERMAN S. BARN- HILL, a citizen of the United States, residingat Hurdland, .in the county of Knox and State of Missouri, have invented anew and useful Rail-Joint Look, of which the following is a specification. v

This invention aims to provide a simple means whereby a pair of railendsmay be heldtogether without resorting to bolts, fish plates, angle bars and the-like.

It is within the province ofthe disclosure to improve generally and to enhance the utility of devices of that type to which the invention appertains. 7

Although a preferred form of the invention has been shown in the drawings, it will be understood that a mechanic working within the scope of=-what is claimed, may make changes and alterations without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings :Figure 1 shows in top plan, a device constructed in accordance with the invention; Figure 2 is a side elevation wherein the rail appears in section; Figure 3 is a perspective view disclosing the retainer; Figure 4 is a section on the line H of Figure 1; Figure 5 is a bottom plan; Figure 6 is a perspective View disclosing the base plate and attendant parts.

In carrying out the invention, there is provided a base plate 1, which may be roughened in any suitabl way, as shown at 50, to enhance the hold of the base plate 1 on a tie 2, the base plate being supplied at its ends with openings 3 and 4 adapted to receive spikes or the like whereby the base plate is held on the tie 2. The base plate 1 embodies a widened intermediate. portion 5 provided with an upstanding table 6 forming a shoulder 7, there being a seat 8 in the table 6, the seat extending through the shoulder 7, The base plate carries a rib 9 which overhangs the table 6, the rib being sustained by a buttress 10, and there being a recess 11 beneath the rib; 011 its inner edge, th rib 9 is supplied with a plurality of projections or pins 12. Near to one end, the base plate 1 has upstanding lugs 14 provided with extensions 15.

The device comprises a retainer 16 includ ing a body 17 having an overhanging rib 18, there being a recess 19 beneath the rib, the recess forming a flange 20 from which projects a tongue 21, sockets 22 being fashioned in the inneredge of the rib 18. In its sides, I

the body 17 of the retainer 16 hasseats 23 provided with extensions 24, the seats and the extensions corresponding in shape and size to the lugsl l'and their extensions 15'. In its outer end, the body 17 ofthe retainer 16 is equipped with openings 25.

The numeral 26 marks a pair of rail-ends.

'Thefiangesof the rails 26 rest on'the table 6 and are received in the recess 11, the rib 9 extending upwardly from the flange of the rail to the ball -thereot,-asclearly shown in Figures 2 and 4. A retainer 16 is mounted on the base plate 1, the seats 23 and their extensions 24 receiving the -lu-gs 14l and the extensions 15 on-thebase plate. The tongue 21 is received in the seat 8; The projections 12 extend through the openings in the rail ends 26 and are received inthe sockets22of the rib 18, one edge of the flange of the rail fitting in the recess 19 of the retainer 16, as clearly shown in Figures 2 and 1.

Observing that the lugs 14 on, the base plate 1 are received in the seats'23, and that the tongue 21 on the retainer 16 fits in the seat 8 of the base plate, it will be clear that the retainer 16 and the base plate have interengaging elements of such a sort that the retainer cannot shift either sidewise or endwise. Spikes 27, mounted in the tie 2 and engaged with the openings l of the base plate 1, and with the openings 25 of the retainer 16, hold the retainer securely in place against upward movement. Spikes 28, coacting with the openings 8 of the base plate 1, hold the base plate down on the tie 2.

In order to set the rail ends 26 free, it is V necessary merely to remove the spikes 27, pry the outer end of the retainer 16 upwardly, and withdraw the retainer, whereupon the rail ends 26 may be slid laterally off the projections or pins 12 on the rib 9 of the base plate.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is 2- 1. In a device of the class described, a base plate having an overhanging rib, a retainer 011 the base plate and having an overhanging rib cooperating with the rib of the base plate, the base plate having an upstanding lug, and the retainer being provided in its lower surface with a seat for the reception of the lug, and means for holding a rail between the ribs.

2. A device of the class described, constructed asset forth in claim 1, and further characterized by the fact that the last-specie .fied means comprises a projection on one vided in its edge with a seat, the baseplate being supplied with a rib overhanging the seat, a retainer on the base plate and having an overhanging rib cooperating with the rib of the base plate,- the retainer having a tongue received inthe seat, and means for holding a rail between the ribs.

4. A device of the class described, constructed as set forth in claim 3, and further characterized by the fact that the last-Specified means embodies a projection on one rib, the other rib having a socket receiving the projection.

5. In a device of the class described, a

base plate having-van upstanding table provided in its edge with a seat, the-base plate having a rib overhanging the seat, andbeing provided with an upstanding lug, and a re tainer on the base plate, the retainer being supplied With a tongue received in the seat of the table, and being supplied, upon its lower surface, with a seat receiving the lug of the base plate, and means for holding a rail between the ribs.

6. A device of the class described, constructed as set forth in claim 5, and further characterized by the fact that the last-specibase plate being provided with an upstanding lug, and'a retainer mounted on the base plate and having an overhanging rib cooperating with the rib of the base plate, the retainer having a tongue received in the seat ofthe table of the baseplate, and being supplied on its under surface with a seat receiving the lug on the base plate. v

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses;-

SHERMAN S. BARNHILL. WVitnessesL a ,1

J. M. GIBLER, IV. P. VVARFoRn; 

